Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This is Amendment No. 1, dated November 16, 2022 (this “Amendment No. 1”), to that certain Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated October 27, 2021 (the “Employment Agreement”), between LM Funding America, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Bruce M. Rodgers, an individual (the “Executive”).
Capitalized terms used in this Amendment No. 1 and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Employment Agreement.
Background
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Employment Agreement, Executive is employed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive desire to amend the Employment Agreement in the manner set forth herein in order to, among other things, make certain changes to the Executive’s compensation and benefits as originally specified in the Employment Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereto intending to be legally bound hereby, and in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, agree as follows:
Terms
“(C) Executive (or Executive’s legal representative) shall be entitled to receive in cash the sum of (i) an amount equal to two (2) times Executive’s Salary (at the rate in effect immediately prior to the termination, and without taking into account any reductions that would have given rise to Good Reason termination by Executive), and (ii) the average annual bonus earned by Executive for each of the three (3) completed fiscal years immediately before the Termination Date, which sum shall be payable in equal installments in accordance with the
Company’s customary payroll procedures over the 24-month period following the Termination Date;”
“(E) Company shall reimburse Executive (subject to applicable tax and other withholdings) the premium payments paid or payable by Executive for continuing healthcare coverage for Executive and his family under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”) for up to 24-months following the Termination Date (if Executive elects COBRA coverage).”
“This Agreement is intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 409A”), and shall be construed accordingly.”
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IN WITNESS HEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment No. 1 on the day and year first written above.
LM FUNDING AMERICA, INC.
By: /s/ Richard Russell______________________
Name: Richard Russell
Title: Chief Financial Officer
EXECUTIVE
By: /s/ Bruce M. Rodgers___________________
Name: Bruce M. Rodgers, individually